Holder for the stylus-needles of talking-machines.



J. W. HUGHES. HOLDER FOR THE STYLUS NEEDLES 0F TALKING MACHINES.

vAPPLICATION FILED JULY 6,1914.

Patented June 15, 1915.

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JAMES W. HUGHES, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR IEO -HUGHES- LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

rammed June s, 1915.

Application filed July 6, 1914. "Serial No. 849,189.

To all whom it may concern:

Be'it knownthat I, JAMES W. HUGHES, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for the Stylus-Needles of Talking-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Under the present method of marketing needles for talking machines, the same are packed in boxes or envelops, a :plurality of needles being loosely contained therein, and in some instances, the needles are transferred from'these packages to a container therefor in the talkingmachines. Owing to the loose condition of the needles, they are free to move, rubbing against each other with their points unprotected, which will spoil or impair the points thereof. In addition, in order to remove a needle for use,

'a person must insert the fingers-of the hand into the packages orcontainers to pick out a'needle. This results in further rubbing of the needles together and, in instances, the fingers are pricked by a point of a needle or needles. To insert the needle in the stylus holder, the butt end must enter the socket of the holder, so that the pointed end will be situated in a direction to further prick the hand of the person.

My invention is designed to overcome these disadvantages and to provide a struc- .ture, wherein the point of the needles is always fully protected until it is-secured in position in the is not handled.

To this end, my invention relates to carriers or holders for talking machine needles, and consists in protecting the points thereof, and in having the butt ends projecting a suitable distance from the holder and spaced apart, whereby each needle may be inserted in the socket of the stylus holder.

individually or manually It further consists of other novel features.

of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in the accompanying drawings, one form thereof which is at present preferred by me, since the same will give in results, although it is to be understood that preferably composed stylus holder, whereby the practice, satisfactory and reliable the various instrumentalities of which my.

invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangements and organization of these instruinentali'ties, as herein Y shown and described.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a good form of pin holder embodying-my invention, with the pins applied,-the sound box, stylus arm and means for fastening the pin to the stylus arm, being also represented in end elevation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the holder represented in Fig. 1, with the facing, envelop or covering removed and the pins not shown. Fig. 3 is a transverse, sectional end elevation on the line 00-410 of Fig. 1, the pins, not sectioned, being shown in place. and somewhat enlarged. Fig. 1 is a view similarto Fig. 3, on the-line y i of Fig. 1.

.Figs. 5 and 6 are views similar to Fig. 4:, of

modified forms of my holder. Fig. 7 is a side elevational view corresponding to that of Fig. 1, illustrating the insertion of a single row of pins on one edge of the holder only.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures. Referring to the drawings :A represents the body or needle holder proper, which is of a perforable or permeable substance, into which the points of the stylus needles P are adapted to be inserted as into pockets, and which may be either straight or circular.

The body proper may, if desired, be incased or contained within an exterior facing a of any preferred material, adapted to serve as'a medium for the handling of the holder and for the compact retaining of its component substance, and, if desired, to constitute a surface upon which lettering or descriptive texts of any character may be applied. This facing may or may not be employed, as desired.

a and a are, respectively, what may be termed the upper and the lower lines of reinforcing, such as stitching, which, as shown in the drawings, serves to engage the side faces of the substance which composes the holder proper, and, at suitable intervals, to reinforce and assist in holding the needles in position.

a is a central line of stitching, which,

conveniently serves tightlyto compress the central body portion of the holder proper longitudinally of its length.

The functions performed by the upper and lower lines of stitching are such as serve to aid the side faces of the facing in the forming of needle pockets when the points of the needles are inserted between the facingsand into the substance or body portion of the holder. To such end, the upper and lower lines of stitching, when employed with a central line, may be looser or less taut than said central line, which is not exposed to the expansion which the other lines are subjected to by the forcing in of the needles.

Referring to Figs. 1, 3 and 4, the substance of the holder proper into which the points of the needles are inserted,'may be composed of any preferred plastic'or other permeable material, such, for instance, as papermach, soft rubber or the like. Upon the other hand, as shown in Fig. 5, said holder proper may be composed of layers of paper, papier-mfich, skiver, or other appropriate material, if desired, glued or cemented together, and enveloped, if desired, as to either or both sides by a facing.

In the use of my invention in applying the needles to the stylus holder, the needle holder is manually handled, as it is assumed to be shown in Fig. 1, so as to present the head or butt of a needle into the socket b of the stvlus holder 6 of the sound box B, in

which it is secured by the turning of the socket set screw. b ,the insertion of the other needles being effected in the same way, it being noticed that the needles are suitably spaced'apart to permit of the insertion of the projecting ends thereof into a stylus holder without necessity of handling the same and that the said ends project sufficiently from the holder for this purpose.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful holder for the stylus needles of talking machines, which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description, and while I have, in the present instance, shown and described a preferred embodiment thereof which will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or'sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-. ters Patent, is

1. A pacliage for stylus needles of a talking machin comprising a strip of permeable material rming the sole means of support for the needles and a series of stylus needles inserted an edge of the material with their .poi ts pocketed and retained .within the material and with their engaging ends extending from the edge and so spaced apart as to permit of the insertion of the extending end of a needle into the stylus holder of atalking machine.

2. ,A package for stylus needles of a talking machine comprising a strip and a series of stylus needles projecting from each edge of the strip with the needles of one series in staggered relation to the needles of the other series, with their points pocketed and retained within the strip and with their engaging ends extending from the edges and so spaced apart as to permit of the insertion of the extending end of a needle into the stylus holder of a talking machine.

3. A package for stylus needles of a talking machine comprising a container having lines of stitching and a plurality of stvlus needles seated between the loops of the stitching with their points pocketed and retained in the container and with their engaging ends extending from the container strip and between the reinforce with their points pocketed and retained within the strip and with their engaging ends extending from the edge and so spaced" apart as to permit of the insertion of the extending end of a needle into the stylus holder of a talking machine.

JAMES W. HUGHES. Witnesses:

E. HAYWARD FAIRBANKS, C. D. MCVAY. 

